Draft-rigging for railway-cars.



J. JEROME. DEAFT'RIGGING FOR RAILWAY CARS.

- Arrmonmg FILED-DB0.- 21, 1910.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912 Mm 5 m m y W,

UNITED srarn JOHN JEROME, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

DRAFT-RIGGING FOR RAILWAY-CABS.

Specification, of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern.

.Be it known that 1, JOHN JEROME, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of -Washington, have invented new and useful 1 ing, or when starting forward suddenly.

A further purpose of the invention is the provision of novel mountings which admit of securely fastening a draft spring to the end sill of a car and which will limit the lateral play of the draw bar and prevent Y longitudinal displacement of thedraft spring, while at the same time admitting the draft spring being easily and quickly placed in position or removed for'replacementor other purpose.

The invention consists of the novel features, details of construction and combinations of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing, forming a part of the application, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the end sill of a railway car provided with draft appliances embodying the invention, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a. front view of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig 1.

(Jorresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description, and indicated in all the views of the drawing, by the same reference characters.

The numeral 1 designates the end sill of a railway car and 2 the draw bar, which is provided at its outer end with the usual coupling head. The draft spring 3 is arranged in front of the sill 1 parallel therewith and passes through an opening 4 formed horizontally in the draw bar 2, the

-ends of the opening being made rounding so as to accommodate the flexing of the spring forwardly or rearwardly Similar brackets receive end portions offthe draft spring 3 and are bolted or otherwise firmly secured to the end sill 1. These brackets are oflike formation and each comprises upper and lower plates 5, a base 6 and a centrally disposed web 7, the latter being attached at'its top and bottom to the upper and lower plates and at its rear to the base 6, the several parts being of integral for-- mation and constituting elements of a single casting. The plates 5 occupy an approxi mately horizontal position. The base 6 is arranged vertically and is placed against the, front side of the-sill 1 to which it is secured by the bolts or fastenings which pass throughopen'ings formed in the base. The web 7 occupies a vertical position and has a transverse opening 8 in its forward portion through which the draft spring 3 extends, the ends of the opening being made. rounding to accommodate for the rocking of the spring when flexing.

stand the strain towhich they are subjected when in use. A bolt or. pin 9' extends Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

The brackets are of substantial formation so as to withthrough openings formed in the upper and lower plates of each of the 'bracketsand constitutes a stop to limit endwise movement of the draft spring so, as to hold the same in properposition. The bolts or pins 9 are located near the outer edges ofthe plates in position to engage the ends of the draft spring.

The draft spring 3-may be of any construction and is usually laminated, being formed of leavesarranged and operating in the well known manner of leaf springs.

The draft spring is supported in the webs of the brackets between the upper and lower plates thereof and is of a strength to sustain the strain to which it will be SUbJQCtGd when in service.

A buffer plateiO is bolted or otherwise secured to the'front side of the end Slll l between the brackets to receive thenvear incident to backward movement of the draw bar when running the cars together. The buffer plate besides protecting the end Slll 1 receives the blow resulting from impact of the draw bar with the end sill when said draw bar is forced'rearwardly.

From the foregoing description, taken-1n connection with the accompanying drawing,

the advantages oft-he construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown ismerely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention What is claimed as new, is

1. In draft rigging for railway cars, a pair of brackets comprising vertically disposed webs having a longitudinal arrangement and formed with transverse openings, a draft spring having its end portions passing through the transverse openings of said webs, and a draw bar slidably mounted upon said draft spring andhaving a limited movement thereon between the brackets.

. 2. In draft rigging for railway cars, a pair of brackets each comprising upper a d lower plates and an intermediate longitudinally disposed web formed with a transverse opening, a draft spring having its end portions passing through the transverse openings of said longitudinal webs, stops supported in the upper and lower plates of the brackets to limit endwise' movement of the draft spring, and a draw bar mounted upon said draft spring and adapted to have a limited movement thereon between the brackets.

3. In draft rigging for railway cars, a

bracket for supporting a draft spring, said bracket comprising upper and lower plates, a base connecting the rear ends of the plates, and a centrally disposed longitudinal web connected at its upper and lower edges to said plates and at its rear to the base and having a transverse opening in its front portion to receive the draft spring.

4. In draft rigging for railway cars, a pair of brackets secured to the front side of the end sill of the car, each of said brackets comprising upper and lower plates, a base connecting the rear ends of the plates and secured to said end sill,-and a longitudinally disposed web having a transverse opening in its front portion, said web having connection at its rear to said base and at its upper and lower edges to said upper and lower plates, a draft spring having its end portions passing through the transverse openings formed in the webs of the brackets, pins supported in the upper and lower plates of the brackets near the outer edges thereof and forming stops to limit the endwise movement of the draft spring, a draw bar mounted upon the draft spring and having a limited play thereon between the brackets, and a wear plate securedto the front side of the sill between the'brackets.

In testimony whereofI aflix my-signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN JEROME. Witnesses MARTIN BERNI-IARTE GUNDERSON, A. REDBURG. 

